1
: making a loud deep sound
his booming voice
2
: growing or expanding very quickly
a booming business
3
: forcefully or powerfully executed
hit a booming serve
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We're not benefiting from the country's booming economy.
Suddenly the children heard Grandpa's booming voice demanding that they get down from the roof.
a tennis player with a booming serve
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Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
The people in her vicinity, the lights overhead, the bones of the building itself — all rapt with keen attention when her booming voice echoes through the air, commanding attention as wide as the space stretches or as intimately pointed as whatever wise words slip off her thespian tongue.
—EW.com, 7 Jan. 2025
In some places, lightning and booming thunder accompanied gusting winds as the storm blew across the region.
—Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The authors of the study suggest this change in diet is a response to a booming vole population.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Booming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booming. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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booming
adjective
boom·ing
ˈbü-miŋ 
1
: making a deep sound
his booming voice
2
: forcefully or powerfully done
hit a booming serve
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